Thinking about selling my 02 Protege

[red02lx]

So I have a an 2002 Mazda Protege LX with 70,000 miles on it and it is 5 speed manual. I have put about $ 4,000 into it and that includes a sound system that costs about $2500, the MP3 spoiler, Mazdaspeed Miata rims with potenza performance tires, and some Mazdaspeed pedals. And I am off to college for the next 4 years and I see myself driving about 25,000 miles within those 4 years, so that would put my mileage up to around 100,000. I was just thinking that it might be better for me to sell my car now, becuase I think the car is probably much more desirable at 70,000 miles than at 100,000. The car is in overall excellent condition mechanically, and it has a few dings and scratches on the body but still good condition.
So I just wanted to get some input on wether you guys agree with me that now is a good time to sell my car, or if you dont think so, and also what price you think I'll be able to get my car sold for. I was thinking and hoping I could sell it for $ 9,500. Just let me know what you guys think.
Thanks,
Pat

[D-rock240]

Never going to get 9,500 for it honestly. You might as well just drive it and enjoy it.

[02protege...]

yeap...he is 110% rigth.................

[JLBMP5]

Drive it till the wheels fall off.Then if you can put some more wheels on it and still drive it .Then drive it some more till those fall off.

[bazooka joe]

it's prob real cheap transportaion while your at school...drive it till it falls apart! you'd be lucky to get 8K (NADA is around 7ish)

[CantCMe]

Yeah, what they said...$9.5K? Don't think that sale is gonna happen.

[S.A.MSP]

i had a late 2001 ES and bluebook was 5k, fuckin carmax gave me 4k, i wanted to shoot someone

[CantCMe]

i had a late 2001 ES and bluebook was 5k, fuckin carmax gave me 4k, i wanted to shoot someone

the stealership told me they'd give me 1k, but mine has over 173k miles on it...but even when it was about 3 years old, i was only offered about 5k for it. I'll never sell.

[D-rock240]

LOL trade in for my car (03 DX, not counting the MSP kit) right now would only be 3k I believe. I love it too much to sell though, I'll love it even more when I get boost :) And not having any car payments rock (headbang)

[nate0123]

$7k max

[S.A.MSP]

my ES had 58k on it, racing heart wheels, shitty custom exhaust and OBX headers

[nate0123]

if you want to recoup more than $7k you should seriously consider removing the "$2500" in audio equipment and selling that separately

same with the wheels if you kept the stockers

[Matthew1785]

So I have a an 2002 Mazda Protege LX with 70,000 miles on it and it is 5 speed manual. I have put about $ 4,000 into it and that includes a sound system that costs about $2500, the MP3 spoiler, Mazdaspeed Miata rims with potenza performance tires, and some Mazdaspeed pedals. And I am off to college for the next 4 years and I see myself driving about 25,000 miles within those 4 years, so that would put my mileage up to around 100,000. I was just thinking that it might be better for me to sell my car now, becuase I think the car is probably much more desirable at 70,000 miles than at 100,000. The car is in overall excellent condition mechanically, and it has a few dings and scratches on the body but still good condition.
So I just wanted to get some input on wether you guys agree with me that now is a good time to sell my car, or if you dont think so, and also what price you think I'll be able to get my car sold for. I was thinking and hoping I could sell it for $ 9,500. Just let me know what you guys think.
Thanks,
Pat

haha that made me chuckle, i have 39,000 miles on my car and its a 03.5 and the dealership only offered me 9k for mine..

in ur dreams kid